What will I learn in Russian Intermediate 1?

Designed for students with a basic knowledge of Russian, this course focuses on the development of fluency.

Please note that the prerequisite for Russian Intermediate 1 is Russian Beginner 3 or equivalent proficiency.

In addition to the cumulative material, you will be able to:

  • Be the first to start a conversation 
  • Ask for information, details, and explanations during a conversation 
  • Express ‘having’ or ‘not having’ 
  • State the date 
  • Make a reservation at a hotel  
  • Talk about vacation 
  • Describe a place they have visited or want to visit 
  • Readily recognize and use the numbers from 1 to 1,000,000 
  • Express quantities 
  • Talk about social networking 
  • Ask how much things cost 
  • Talk about Russian public holidays and culture 

In addition to the cumulative material, the topics covered are:

  • Leisure time and virtual world 
  • Basic biographical information (continued) 
  • Traveling and hotels 
  • Vacationing  
  • Numbers 1 – 1,000,000 
  • Quantities, expressing dates 
  • Social networking 
  • Life in Russia/ Russian culture 
  • Public holidays 

In addition to the cumulative material, the grammatical topics covered are:

  • Reflexive verbs 
  • Prepositions & cases 
  • Genitive Case (singular & plural)
  • Expressing “having” & “not having” in the present & in the past 
  • Motion verbs (un-prefixed) 
  • Adjectives and their agreements with nouns